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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Under which of the following types of resources can solar energy be categorized?
Flow resource
Man-made resource
Non-recyclable resource
Exhaustible rersource
Rio de Janeiro is related to:
BRICS Summit
G-20 Summit
Earth Summit
Nuclear Security Summit
What is Sustainable Development?
Well planned use of resources and development
Accumulation of resources and then using them accordingly
Development should take place without damaging the environment keeping in mind the future generations
Using materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs
In the following questions a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Identify and mark the correct choice.
Assertion (A): Resource planning is an easy process in India.
Resaon (R): Resource planning involves only identification and inventory of resources across the region.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
Both A and R are false.
In the following questions a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Identify and mark the correct choice.
Assertion (A): Laterite soils are not very fertile because it lacks micro organisms.
Reason (R): They are made suitable for cultivation with adequate doses of manures and fertilizers.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is false but R is true.
A is true but B is false.
In the following question a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Identify and mark the correct choice.
Assertion (A): Terrace cultivation does not restrict soil erosion.
Reason (R): Running water cuts through the clayey soils and makes deep channels called gullies. This helps to cultivate crops
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is false but R is true.
Both A and R are false.
Look at the picture and identify the correct sequence of soil profile.
1 - Parent Rock Material, 2 - Top Soil, 3 - Sub-Soil, 4 - Bed Rock
1 - Sub-Soil , 2 - Top Soil- , 3 - Parent Rock Material , 4 - Bed Rock
1 - Top Soil, 2 - Sub-Soil , 3 - Parent Rock Material , 4 - Bed Rock
1 - Bed Rock, 2 - Sub-Soil , 3 - Top Soil , 4 - Parent Rock Material
Identify the major soil type marked as 1 on the political outline map of India, from the given choice.
Mountain Soil
Black Soil
Arid Soil
Alluvial Soil
Identify the major soil type marked as 2 on the political outline map of India, from the given choice.
Red Soil
Arid Soil
Laterite Soil
Regur Soil
Identify the major soil type marked as 3 on the political outline map of India, from the given choice.
Red Soil
Alluvial Soil
Mountain Soil
Laterite Soil
Complete the statement
Biotic resources are ...............
Made by human beings.
Derived from living things.
Derived from non-living things.
Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:
Net sown area
Forest cover
Waste land
Gross cropped area
In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation?
Gujarat
Jharkhand
Kerala
Uttaranchal
Why do we need resource planning?
Because of enormous diversity in the availability of resources
Because we need to think of future generations
We need to consider materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs
The need to collect materials and resources and then using them accordingly
Why is conservation of resources important?
So that they don’t get wasted
Irrational consumption and over utilization of resources may lead to socio-economic and environmental problems
For evolving a planning structure endowed with appropriate technology, skill and institutional set up
For matching the resource development plan with overall national development plans
What is necessary for sustained quality of life and global peace?
Stopping use of resources
Saving resources for future
Exploitation of resources
Equitable distribution of resources
The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone can be termed as which of the following types of resource ?
Individual resources
Community owned resources
National resources
International resources
What was the main contribution of the Brundtland Commission Report, 1987?
Sustainable development as means for resource conservation
Advocated resource conservation for the first time
Presented Gandhian philosophy
All the above
Which of the following method will not help in soil conservation?
Contour ploughing
Strip cropping
Creating shelter belts
Ploughing up and down the slopes
What is land used for grazing cattle and livestock known as?
Forests
Barren land
Pasture land
Fallow land
